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Child Sexual Abuse Material: Sentencing

Asked by Mrs Elsie BlundellLabourAttorney GeneralTabled Answered 20 January 2026UIN 105484

The question

To ask the Solicitor General, what discussions she is having with the Ministry of Justice on expanding the Unduly Lenient Sentencing Scheme to include victims of technology-assisted child sexual abuse.

Answered by Ellie Reeves

The Protection of Children Act 1978 already includes ‘pseudo’ images of children within the definition of indecent images. Therefore, any sexualised images of children produced by AI will already be covered by the legislation surrounding indecent images, and consequently already fall within ULS scheme.

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